Until Thanksgiving.
While I am sure that no one else cares or counts this down....but since my house gets descended upon by loads of relatives....my countdown to turkey day starts now. With the construction going on in the basement, I am getting just a tad scared that I won't sleep the weekend before the big event. I normally do a complete "spring" cleaning in every room. (The plan is one room a week)
The basement is coming along....I am stopping by the carpet place again to pick up a sample of the carpet in order to match the paint. When I reminded John that it might be a REALLY GOOD idea to paint first (wine colored paint) BEFORE the brand new really expensive carpet gets installed the lightbulb went on in his head.
In other news, I believe the time has come where my siblings and I have to take a more active role in my parent's finances. My dad came up with a crack-ass scheme to donate half of their assets in return for an annuity. My father consulted both of my brothers 10 days ago, (neither of which have ANY financial knowledge) and waited to talk to the CPA of the family (me) until this past Sunday....when he mentioned it in the most offhand manner.
Needless to say I have managed to put together the numbers enough to talk him out of this and make him realize that it wasn't a good deal for him and my mother. It is scary when they get to an age that you have to worry about a charity ripping them off.
It is sad when you have to make your parents promise to not do anything stupid with their money.
I'm so sorry about your parents. I know how scary and heartbreaking that can be. See you tonight!
Posted by: JeninChicago | October 03, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Unrelated topic...are you signed up for Sundara's yarn club?
Posted by: Liz | October 04, 2007 at 08:19 PM